Where does “nāgás” come from?

nāgás (Proto-Indo-Iranian) comes from Proto-Indo-European sneg- — to crawl, creeping thing.

Ancestry of “nāgás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansneg-to crawl, creeping thing

Words derived from “nāgás

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sneg-
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